One day after v0.5.0, the inZOI team shipped a hotfix on December 24, 2025 targeting the update's two newest systems — businesses and the crime-and-trial loop.

Build versions

• Windows PC (Steam): 20251224.9501.W
• Mac (Steam): 20251224.9498.M
• Mac App Store: 5.4.26 (0.222) / 20251224.9499.M — updated December 29

Gameplay fixes

• Fixed being unable to enter a business lot during business hours after buying one operated by NPC Zois.
• Fixed police NPCs following you after the arrest dialogue ended.
• Fixed imprisoned Zois not being releasable while performing other actions.
• Fixed trials stalling because Opportunity Cards intermittently failed to appear — a hard blocker on the new trial system.
• Fixed revenue from paid lectures not paying out correctly during business operations.
• Fixed food objects selling for the same price regardless of quality.
• Fixed business lot information not updating when the family running it was deleted.
• Fixed the fruit basket becoming uninteractable after cancelling a fruit beverage on a business lot.
• Fixed fishing rods placed on the ground being impossible to pick up.
• Fixed the game not progressing when choosing Continue in the Ascend popup — one for anyone playing as a ghost.
• Fixed the family tree displaying abnormally after moving to another city.
• Fixed Zois emerging from underground at Water Taxi destinations.

Other fixes

• CAZ — fixed the colour wheel being disabled on clothing items made with the ModKit.
• Build Mode — fixed lights on the lower floor's ceiling moving with the roof, and 4 types of Snowflake Lights all looking identical.
• Fixed some crashes under specific conditions.

Read the full hotfix notes: Official inZOI Website